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agitated

adj. troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

agitated

adj. physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"

agitated, tossing

adj. thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship"

discombobulated, disconcerted

adj. having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw

nervous

adj. easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

aflutter, nervous

adj. excited in anticipation

restless, uneasy

adj. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"

itchy

adj. causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch; "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite"

baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea

adj. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"

at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled

adj. filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"

perplexed

adj. full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet

adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

fitful, spasmodic

adj. occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"

boisterous, fierce, rough

adj. violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

active, on the move

adj. being in physical motion: "active fish in the aquarium"; "a nurse is on the move all day"

afoot(p)

adj. traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"

oncoming

adj. moving toward one

automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling

adj. containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle"

awheel

adj. traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the public was awheel"

circling

adj. moving in a circle

circulating

adj. moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point: "steam circulating through the pipes"; "the circulating thyroid hormones"

crawling, creeping

adj. moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously esp by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground: "huge crawling reptiles"; "a creeping tractor"

flowing, streaming

adj. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"

gushing, pouring

adj. flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters"

fluttering, flittering

adj. moving rapidly to and fro (as wings): "fluttering birds"; "the flittering wings of a fledgling"

jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting

adj. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream

itinerant

adj. traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge"

kinetic

adj. characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"

marching

adj. "marching orders"

shuffling, milling

adj. moving about or around: "the milling crowd"

mobile

adj. having transportation available

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

wheeling, turning, revolving, rotating

adj. turning about an axis

rushing

adj. moving or as if moving with extreme rapidity: "the typical mountain stream is a rushing torrent"; "the rushing yellow of the developing day"

shifting, shifty

adj. changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

whirling, spinning

adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing

adj. moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms"

waving, streaming

adj. "banners waving in the breeze"

sweeping

adj. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"

afoot(p), underway

adj. currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"

unreeling, unwinding

adj. unwinding from or as if from a reel; "recorded on the unreeling film inside her"; "a long unwinding silk cocoon"

whirling, swirling

adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

undisturbed

adj. untroubled by interference or disturbance; "he could pursue his studies undisturbed"

composed

adj. serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"

calm

adj. (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"

unagitated

adj. not physically disturbed or set in motion

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